Brian Scott

Brian Scott
Scott at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2016
Born	Brian Joseph Scott (1988-01-12) January 12, 1988 (age 36) Boise, Idaho, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
53 races run over 4 years
2016 position	31st
Best finish	31st (2016)
First race	2013 Bank of America 500 (Charlotte)
Last race	2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
210 races run over 8 years
2017 position	43rd
Best finish	4th (2014)
First race	2009 Nashville 300 (Nashville)
Last race	2017 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 79 5
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
62 races run over 4 years
2012 position	78th
Best finish	7th (2009)
First race	2007 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)
Last race	2012 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
First win	2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Dover)
Last win	2012 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 23 0
Statistics current as of January 19, 2019.

Brian Joseph Scott (born January 12, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

Scott has been racing competitively since the age of 12. One of his early career highlights came at the 360 Nationals at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Washington, when he competed against an elite field of dirt racers and brought home an impressive second-place finish. He recently was the first Idaho native to make a debut at the Daytona 500.

While splitting time between USAR and Late Models, Scott's father, JB, announced he had purchased the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team Xpress Motorsports. Scott then made his NASCAR debut at the Smith's Las Vegas 350 and in 2008 moved to the Trucks full-time to run for and eventually finish second for the Rookie of the Year. Albertsons became the team's new sponsor and after a change to Toyota they end the year strong with five top-tens in the last seven races, including a second-place finish at the season-ending Ford 200. He went on to finish out his Truck resume with a win in the 2009 AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway, twenty top-tens, nine top-fives, and several runner up finishes. On November 9, 2012, Scott added his second win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Phoenix International Raceway in the Lucas Oil 150 and delivered Kyle Busch Motorsports their second win of the season.

His Nationwide Series debut came in 2009 with seven starts in the series driving No. 10 and No. 11 for Braun Racing. Scott's first full season in the Nationwide Series was completed in 2010 with one Top 5 and five Top 10 finishes en route to finishing the season as the runner-up for Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors. Scott ran the first 28 races in the Braun Racing No. 11 but was released from the ride when Steve Turner bought the team. Scott finished the season in the RAB Racing No. 09.

Scott joined Joe Gibbs Racing in 2011 driving No. 11. His 2011 Nationwide Series campaign earned him two top-five finishes, seven top-10 finishes and one pole under the Joe Gibbs Racing banner. He also scored the Featherlite Most Improved driver of the year award. Scott finished eighth in the Nationwide Series point standings in 2011.

Scott and crew chief Kevin Kidd returned to the No. 11 team in 2012, gaining a sponsorship from Dollar General. In addition, Scott signed to drive the No. 18 in the Camping World Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports in a few races.^[1] Scott would have a best finish of 3rd at Dover in the Nationwide Series, and returned to Victory Lane in the Truck Series at Phoenix. However, Scott would later be released from JGR in favor of championship runner-up Elliott Sadler. Scott later took over Sadler's previous No. 2 ride at Richard Childress Racing.^[2]

Scott earned his career best finish of 2nd at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2013 after getting by Kyle Busch on a late race restart. Busch passed him only two laps later and Scott had to settle for second.^[3] At Richmond International Raceway that September Scott started on the pole and led 239 of 250 laps before being passed by Brad Keselowski and finishing second.^[4] Scott had a remarkable 2014 season, earning 23 top ten finishes and finished 4th in the championship standings.

In August 2013, it was announced that Scott would make his debut in the Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 33 for RCR in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.^[5] Scott started the race in 19th, and finished 27th, four laps down.^[6] Scott returned to the No. 33 for the 2014 Daytona 500.^[7] At Daytona, Scott led some laps and was collected in the big one late in the race. At Fontana a few weeks later, he tangled with Aric Almirola when Almirola lifted the throttle, causing Scott to run into the back of Almirola and wrecking both cars.^[8]

At Talladega, Scott won his first career Sprint Cup pole for the 2014 Aaron's 499 in the 33. In round #2, Scott had driven his fastest lap and for a total of 5 rounds, nobody was able to break the track record. In the race, Scott ran in the top 15 the entire race but was collected in "The Big One" that struck with 45 laps to go.

It was announced that Scott would drive the No. 29 for RCR in the 2015 Daytona 500, however just before the entry list was released, RCR cancelled plans to field the car for him. Instead, he was hired to drive the No. 62 Chevrolet of Premium Motorsports with RCR support, though Shore Lodge still sponsored the effort. Scott failed to qualify for the Daytona 500. Scott then successfully qualified RCR's No. 33 entry the next week at Atlanta. However, after Michael Annett failed to qualify, Scott gave up his ride to allow the Sprint Cup regular to earn driver points. After that, Scott finished 13th at Las Vegas, then his best finish in the series.

On December 9, 2015, Richard Petty Motorsports announced that Scott would take over Sam Hornish Jr.'s No. 9 ride for the 2016 season.^[9] The car was later renumbered to No. 44.^[10]

Scott started the 2016 season crashing on the last lap in his Can-Am Duel qualifying race. Then at Auto Club Speedway, Scott scored a career-best 12th-place finish. After a dismal 2016 with no top 10s going into October, he finished second on the bumper of Joey Logano's car at Talladega. It was the first top 5 and 10 in his career, his first top 10 for Richard Petty Motorsports, and his best career finish.^[11]

On November 10, 2016, Scott announced his retirement from NASCAR competition following the remainder of the 2016 season.^[12][13] Scott finished 15th in his last NASCAR race at Homestead.

On July 3, 2017, Scott announced that he would come out of retirement to drive the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing at Iowa and Kentucky in July and September respectively.^[14] In his first race of 2017 at Iowa, Scott finished a strong 3rd place.

Scott's father Joe "J.B." Scott is the owner of the Shore Lodge and Whitetail Club resorts in McCall, Idaho.^[15][16][17] Scott is also the great-grandson of Joe Albertson and Kathryn Albertson, the founders of the Albertsons enterprise.^[17][18] The companies have sponsored Scott for much of his career.^[18]

Scott married Whitney Kay in the offseason of 2014–2015 at Shore Lodge. She has a daughter, Brielle, from a previous relationship (with former racing driver Sean Caisse). The two of them have a son together.^[19][20]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts	Ref
2013	Richard Childress Racing	33	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT 27	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	66th	01	[21]
2014				DAY 25	PHO 32	LVS	BRI	CAL 35	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL 42	KAN	CLT 32	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM 28	62nd	01	[22]
2015	Premium Motorsports	62	Chevy	DAY DNQ																																				53rd	01	[23]
	Richard Childress Racing	33	Chevy		ATL QL†	LVS 13	PHO	CAL 27	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL 43	KAN	CLT	DOV 38	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 42	KEN	NHA	IND 36	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 22	CHI 22	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN 12	TAL	MAR	TEX 14	PHO	HOM
2016	Richard Petty Motorsports	44	Ford	DAY 24	ATL 31	LVS 27	PHO 27	CAL 12	MAR 26	TEX 27	BRI 30	RCH 35	TAL 30	KAN 22	DOV 24	CLT 29	POC 39	MCH 36	SON 33	DAY 37	KEN 33	NHA 38	IND 27	POC 24	GLN 25	BRI 18	MCH 28	DAR 39	RCH 35	CHI 31	NHA 31	DOV 21	CLT 22	KAN 28	TAL 2	MAR 34	TEX 27	PHO 30	HOM 15	31st	481	[24]
† - Qualified but replaced by Michael Annett

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2014	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	12	25
2015	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	DNQ
2016	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	35	24

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NXSC	Pts
2009	Braun Racing	10	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH 25	PHO 15	TAL	RCH 32	DAR 20	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH							CAL 23	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	64th	664	[25]
	CJM Racing	11	Toyota																								BRI 30	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN 14
2010	Braun Racing	11	Toyota	DAY 19	CAL 10	LVS 31	BRI 29	NSH 15	PHO 16	TEX 15	TAL 10	RCH 28	DAR 25	DOV 9	CLT 33	NSH 28	KEN 31	ROA 13	NHA 26	DAY 30	CHI 3	GTY 6	IRP 17	IOW 30	GLN 13	MCH 15	BRI 25	CGV 40	ATL 28	RCH 38									14th	3525	[26]
	Turner Motorsports																														DOV 13
	RAB Racing	09	Ford																													KAN 21	CAL 15	CLT 28	GTY 14
			Toyota																																	TEX 32	PHO 11	HOM 18
2011	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Toyota	DAY 34	PHO 9	LVS 14	BRI 12	CAL 13	TEX 10	TAL 11	NSH 22	RCH 15	DAR 29	DOV 30	IOW 27	CLT 8	CHI 17	MCH 17	ROA 16	DAY 12	KEN 15	NHA 17	NSH 17	IRP 15	IOW 14	GLN 14	CGV 12	BRI 10	ATL 12	RCH 32	CHI 3	DOV 11	KAN 17	CLT 5	TEX 12	PHO 41	HOM 9		8th	947	[27]
2012				DAY 37	PHO 14	LVS 34	BRI 35	CAL 4	TEX 37	RCH 14	TAL 36	DAR 7	IOW 11	CLT 31	DOV 3	MCH 9	ROA 7	KEN 30	DAY 32	NHA 12	CHI 11	IND 14	IOW 18	GLN 10	CGV 24	BRI 34	ATL 11	RCH 28	CHI 10	KEN 11	DOV 7	CLT 8	KAN 26	TEX 22	PHO 8	HOM 7			9th	853	[28]
2013	Richard Childress Racing	2	Chevy	DAY 6	PHO 10	LVS 9	BRI 10	CAL 8	TEX 11	RCH 20	TAL 27	DAR 14	CLT 15	DOV 14	IOW 6	MCH 10	ROA 20	KEN 17	DAY 17	NHA 4	CHI 11	IND 2	IOW 13	GLN 11	MOH 12	BRI 9	ATL 10	RCH 2*	CHI 14	KEN 11	DOV 11	KAN 18	CLT 12	TEX 8	PHO 13	HOM 32			7th	1053	[29]
2014				DAY 17	PHO 12	LVS 7	BRI 14	CAL 12	TEX 12	DAR 11	RCH 5	TAL 33	IOW 6	CLT 5	DOV 7	MCH 5	ROA 16	KEN 8	DAY 16	NHA 7	CHI 6	IND 7	IOW 7	GLN 10	MOH 3*	BRI 11	ATL 7	RCH 5	CHI 9	KEN 2	DOV 7	KAN 9	CLT 10	TEX 6	PHO 7	HOM 10			4th	1154	[30]
2015				DAY 25	ATL 7	LVS 38	PHO 10	CAL 6	TEX 10	BRI 8	RCH 7	TAL 2	IOW 4	CLT 20	DOV 36	MCH 9	CHI 8	DAY 23*	KEN 19	NHA 29	IND 11	IOW 3	GLN 6	MOH 7	BRI 6	ROA 3	DAR 12	RCH 3	CHI 17	KEN 13	DOV 31	CLT 13	KAN 23	TEX 7	PHO 11	HOM 4			8th	1032	[31]
2017	Richard Childress Racing	3	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW 3	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN 8	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			43rd	70	[32]

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2007	Xpress Motorsports	16	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA 21	LVS 29	TAL	MAR 15	ATL 19	TEX 21	PHO 18	HOM 15	40th	727	[33]
2008			Chevy	DAY 9	CAL 23	ATL 17	MAR 30	KAN 14	CLT 35	MFD 25	DOV 32	TEX 13	MCH 25	MLW 32	MEM 13	KEN 32	IRP 29	NSH 14	BRI 19	GTW 14	NHA 8								16th	2787	[34]
			Toyota																			LVS 14	TAL 7	MAR 14	ATL 10	TEX 9	PHO 4	HOM 2
2009				DAY 12	CAL 29	ATL 10	MAR 8	KAN 3	CLT 21	DOV 1	TEX 15	MCH 34	MLW 3	MEM 2	KEN 6	IRP 12	NSH 2	BRI 5	CHI 28	IOW 9	GTW 3	NHA 7	LVS 19	MAR 24	TAL 23	TEX 7	PHO 11	HOM 12	7th	3307	[35]
2012	Kyle Busch Motorsports	18	Toyota	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV 13	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI 17	ATL	IOW	KEN 5	LVS	TAL	MAR 10	TEX	PHO 1*	HOM				78th	01	[36]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2007	Country Joe Racing	32	Dodge	DAY	USA	NSH	SLM	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN 13	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL 34	TOL	98th	225	[37]
2008	Bob Schacht Motorsports	75	Chevy	DAY 40	SLM	IOW	KAN	CAR	KEN	TOL	POC																25th	1430	[38]
	Venturini Motorsports	15	Chevy									MCH 5	CAY
		25												KEN 5	BLN	POC 20	NSH 3	ISF	DSF	CHI	SLM	NJE 5	TAL 34	TOL 26
2009		8	Toyota	DAY 30	SLM	CAR	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	MFD	IOW	KEN	BLN	POC	ISF	CHI	TOL	DSF	NJE	SLM	KAN	CAR			149th	80	[39]

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• Brian Scott driver statistics at Racing-Reference